A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sommat Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 25.7 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences5050 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors1 1

Occurrences of sommat in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
A pal, and we've already gat sommat in common. Ah always apprecia on page 5
There's sommat funny aboot Dante ah fink in on page 10
ually, ye know when yer daein sommat wrang like nickin a Bubbaloo on page 16
uld tae huv them come away wi sommat like that? on page 23
talk. Everywan's tryin tae be sommat they're no. Ah showed ma Gran on page 24
Also on pages 27, 30, 35, 36, 46, 49, 52, 54
13 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rst drink in months. Ah gasp. Sommat is drippin oantae the deck. on page xv
s, feelin as almichty as hur. Sommat's comin oot o me, and ah've n on page xx
'Here's a wee sommat fae us,' ah say, haundin Cath on page 7
a wean, Cathy treated me like sommat she'd found oan the bottom o on page 9
friendship huv been undone by sommat as simple as Mum sayin she wa on page 27
Also on pages 29, 31, 34, 46, 47, 60, 75, 76, 77, 80, 82, 84, 116
21 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cture hall queue and asked if sommat hud happened at work. Ah shoo
d me tae. Ah tellt hur it wis sommat ah could only say when ah mea
ae picture worthy, but it wis sommat. She micht as well o been ma
3 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah hink ah’m comin doon wi sommat,” ah say, coughin. Ah huv t
burial. The Daily Mail wrote sommat aboot a coronavirus morgue in
should o gat them taxis—or sommat. Some folk huvnae gat two bra
aun’ae be, and the thocht o sommat bad happenin tae ye is as wor
asel. It feels like there’s sommat stuck in ma lungs and throat,
10 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e wumman who droaps it aff is sommat else. She’s gat hair every
ed and scratched the place up sommat stupid.’
ol like an auld fool. Ah feel sommat behind wan o ma feet. Ah mano
3 matches

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